It's clear today that DU is under a coordinated attack from the establishment

[tridim]

The events of this weekend have them seriously freaked out.

Let me just say this Establishment, your attacks will not work. We're MUCH stronger than you, and you know it.

[jobycom]

1. Has been for over a year. That's the only explanation for Obama's success.

[newmajority]

3. Is it opposite day, or did you just beam in from the alternative universe?

Because that's the only way you could truly believe that a candidate named CLINTON is not establishment.

[jobycom]

13. I'm not belief based, I'm fact based.

Obama is the choice of the corporate media. Without the corporate media, he'd be seen as what he is--a local community activist on his way to building a decent resume for a White House run in a decade or so. His voting record on corporate issues is nothing for a progressive to write home about, and his campaign has been so promoted by corporate and lobbyist interests (despite his denials) that you can't possible see him as anything other than a corporate candidate without believing a lot of stuff that simply isn't true.

[FatDave]

17. "Obama is the choice of the corporate media."

In the immortal words of Ben Folds, son, you're fucking high.

[jobycom]

22. In the words of me, he's the choice of the corporate media.

And if you don't see it, you're not going to understand what happened when they yank the rug out from under it. Hopefully he's more aware of reality than you.

[FatDave]

27. You mean the corporate media that's spent the entire weekend and into today

screaming "Obama's scary black preacher! Obama's scary black preacher!" You mean that corporate media? You mean that corporate media is supporting the democrat with a populist message and millions of small donors and not the pro-corporate DLC candidate? Yeah, whatever.

Listen up pal, just because I cracked off a one-liner to you doesn't mean I don't have the goods to back it up. My eyes are wide fucking open, and I see what's going on, with the media, with Hillary, and with you. I'm not the one supporting the sure-to-lose candidate who cozies up to Richard Melon Scaife and has the support of Rush Limbaugh, Pat Buchanan, and now Bill-fucking-Kristol. So save your shit for the paid Hillary tourists, 'cuz you're dealing with a lifelong proud liberal activist here who would like to see you and your triangulating little centrist warhawk pack their bags and get the fuck out of the Democratic Party.

[NorthCarolina]

29. I agree

sums up my sentiments pretty well too. Thanks

[dionysus]

33. oh shit, pwnage!

:)

[Elidor]

37. Fuckin' A!

And right on! :thumbsup:

A Clinton supporter calling Obama the corporate candidate speaks ill of his connection to reality.

[BobbyVan]

41. Rev. Wright did an interview with Moyers and address the NPC.

It's not like the corporate media invented him.

[haymakeragain]

53. They did misrepresent everything he said though.

As do all the Hillarians.

[jobycom]

44. You honestly trying to pretend the media has been tough on Obama?

Sell it to Obama supporters, it's a goddamned lie, and you know it. If you are as informed as you just claimed, you know Obama's skeletons, too, and what he gets away with lying about. William Kristol praised Obama long before Clinton, and Scaife has praised Obama over McCain, too, because of his anti-war stance. I don't understand what motivates those idiots, and don't care who they endorse. The bottom line, as you know as well as I do even if you aren't honest enough to post it here, is that the media has created Obama into the teflon savior, and without them you'd remember his name about the way you remember Dodd or Gravel--as distant also-rans.

[FatDave]

49. Dude!

I'm watching it right now! "Jeremiah Wright, Jeremeiah Wright!" It's still going on! Just like they hammered him on the "bitter" stuff. Just like they hammered him on Wright the first time around.

Which is not to say that I think the media is out to get him, but they sure as fuck aren't favoring him either. The media thrives on ratings, which thrive on controversy, so they're always out to hype the latest controversy. At the same time, it's good for them to have these primaries go on, and with that end in mind, they're trying really hard to legitimize Hillary staying in the race. It is the corporate media who is still perpetuating the myth that Hillary has a path to victory, when in actuality, she simply doesn't.

[bvar22]

51. FatDave !!!!!

:patriot:

[knixphan]

38. lol

[BobbyVan]

40. SNL nailed it in their Obama coverage. Everyone but FoxNews is in love with Barack.

[Uncle Joe]

46. SNL is part of the corporate media, the last time I heard, GE owned via NBC.

I would hardly call ABC's debate just before the Pennsylvania Primary questioning Obama's patriotism because he wasn't wearing a flag lapel pin as being in love. I believe that was also the weekend SNL ran a rerun, not like the two weekends just before Ohio when they ran the media is picking on Clinton skits.

[Uncle Joe]

48. Here is some more love from CBS the only question I have

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5722210

is with lovers like that, who needs enemies?

[FatDave]

50. And we know how much Terry McAuliffe loves Fox News

So...does that make Hillary the Fox News democrat?

[nichomachus]

25. Well, that would explain

why people's opinion of Obama -- gleaned from the corporate media -- increases after they see him in person or hear him speak and realizes he's not the way the corporate media portrays him.

Yeah, that's the ticket. Very clever on their part. I never would have done it that way.

[LSK]

35. I do not see any FACTS in your post, lots of OPINION thou

:shrug:

[jhrobbins]

20. If you really believe that any US senator or representative isn't in

some form a part of the establishment, then you are deluded - some are just less so than others.

[LSK]

36. that include Dennis Kucinich?

:shrug:

[jhrobbins]

52. He may be the exception that proves the rule-but I'm not convinced that

Saint Dennis is lily white.

[John Q. Citizen]

12. I agree that Obama is extremely successful. And I'm very glad about it. His campaign is so much

fun to volunteer in.

The people are fired up and ready to go.

I can't imagine what a drag it would be to be volunteering for Sen. Clinton. No enthusiasm, no money for anything, and the smell of desperation permeating the whole operation.

It's no wonder so many have jumped off her sinking ship. It must be excruciating to volunteer there.

I called a friend two weekends ago to see if she wanted to come to our small towns volunteer organizational meeting. She said she was leaning Clinton, but said to call her after the primary and she would be more than glad to volunteer for the Obama GE campaign.

Right now she's not doing anything, because Clinton has no campaign here. She's an activist from way back, and although she's leaning Clinton, she sees the writing on the wall.

[jobycom]

19. Glad you are having fun and your candidate is raking in the dough. That's not how I judge candidates

But glad someone is happy.

[John Q. Citizen]

30. It's not the dough, it's the people. In all my years of volunteer political work I've never seen

such an outpouring of community around a candidate (or an issue, for that matter.)

I'm talking high school kids to their teachers to their grandmothers and grandfathers. Working moms, working dads, it's all across the board.

It's truly amazing. It's renewing my faith in American democracy and in the American people.

And it's going to have ramifications long after this election. Coming together with your neighbors in common cause changes all of us.

[PoliticalAmazon]

34. Hillary's supporters won't sufficiently fund her campaign. What does that say about....

....Hillary's supporters faith in their candidate? What does it say about Hillary's chances in the GE?

I believe Hillary being consistently broke over the last few months is a demonstration of how fiscally responsible she is, and how she can organize a campaign. And the things being demonstrated are not a good reflection on Hillary.

[anonymous171]

2. Media reform is desperately needed

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5719907&mesg_id=5719907

[stillcool]

11. Busting up the monopolies...

would be nice. A class action lawsuit for depraved indifference causing irreparable harm to the American people? After all the media is responsible for lying us into war. When thinking about the media and propaganda, I am always reminded of Julius Streicher. Especially these days when they are fanning the flames of racism, to divide the electorate. Seems to me it is an act of treason, or terrorism, destroying the country from within.

[Tribetime]

4. That's good to hear from someone who's been here for years

I'll trust from your experience here you know what's going on. Thanks cause I didn't understand it.

[YOY]

5. Who's that.? Crazy Cat Ladies United?

http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&resnum=0&q=Crazy+Cat+lady&um=1&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wv&oi=property_suggestions&resnum=0&ct=property-revision&cd=2

I hope they're getting paid for their ineptitude.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

15. Hey! as a member of "Crazy Cat Ladies United" I resent that!

watch it buddy....

[CatsDogsBabies]

6. Does this explain why there are so many posts about Rev. Wright?

[Metric System]

7. The establishment? You mean that bunch that are backing Obama?

[mkultra]

14. no, hes refering to the bunch

not supporting the nominee. that would be Hillary.

[Buzz Clik]

8. Yep. My Ignore list is bursting.

[McCamy Taylor]

9. Indeed. Wright calls for unity and the RW attacks.

[BuyingThyme]

10. What happened this weekend?

[smalll]

21. Wright happens. /nt

[BuyingThyme]

23. Oh, I heard some of that. He's right.

[info being]

16. The good news is that...

When Obama gets the nomination, they have to go away.

This place is NOTHING like it was for so many years. I agree that it is coordinated or semi-coordinated.

[RaleighNCDUer]

31. They SHOULD go away - unfortunately, they won't.

They'll just crawl back under their rocks for another 3 years, as they did after '04.

I was astonished at the number of posters that showed up with start dates in 03 and 04, but 106 posts - obviously only logged on for the election to screw with us, then went back to freeperville, only to return to plague us again for this election.

[kenny blankenship]

42. A round of granite enemas should unblock things and get them moving along

[cbayer]

18. I sure wish that you would elaborate.

There is a lot of speculation in this thread as to what you mean. Maybe I didn't get the decoder, but I would really like to know what you are saying.

[tridim]

26. It's all over DU, just read a few threads and it'll be obvious.

The tone changed dramatically this morning. Lots of doom and gloom.

[MNDemNY]

24. ..

:tinfoilhat:

[izzybeans]

28. I'd say its a coordinated attack from Stormfront.

Mostly uninformed jackasses. Currently, the first page of GD-P looks like a white power forum.

[PoliticalAmazon]

32. Pardon, but that is just plain paranoid. n/t

[crankychatter]

43. You deny that War Profiteers own and have editorial influence on the MSM?

who's delusional?

look in the mirror, foo'

[PoliticalAmazon]

47. Of course, MSM is controlled by corporations. However, this is nothing new...

...and to say that DU is under attack sounds paranoid and loony.

[knixphan]

39. I'm still fired up!

[BigDDem]

45. "The Establishment" is out to get you!!!

:rofl:

:tinfoilhat:

[Indenturedebtor]

54. Meh I dunno

I think that some people just buy into or sell themselves into the BS. Who knows maybe I'm the gov't sent here to gain your trust and then when I have you eating out of my hand I say

VOTE FOR HILLARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :P